The worst movie I've ever seen!

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2003)

This is really the worst movie I've ever seen. *Spoilers.* A child is born on a ship and abandoned on a piano bench. Of course, it only makes sense that this child is named 1900 (the year he was born) and raised by a stoker who seems to do an awfully good job for a man who works long hours and keeps the baby in dangerous conditions. The child turns out to be, of all things, a piano prodigy.
The movie is ridiculous. I know some people argue that it's a fantasy and the movie requires a leap of faith. In order for a movie like this to succeed, it must set up a believable foundation before it lets us loose in the world it creates. Not only is this movie unable to do that, but it is so grounded in the reality of the early 1900s that the plot is laughable. Finally, why does the movie end with 1900 unable leave the ship and choosing death? I understand that the ship is the only world 1900 has ever known and he is more afraid of the outside world than death. Yet, I really don't understand why his friend would let him commit suicide. So 1900 dies without ever changing. His character is unable to grow. He is unable to accept change at all. Is this supposed to be poetic? I don't buy it.